Warrior General Games

How often do you guys use the store ans re roll till you get a good piece versus just buying the piece that you want?

I try to roll for my first piece--the palette is wide-open at that point.

If I get a fortunate roll in buying the first piece, I'll roll for a second piece.

But since one of the slots/Abilities has already been satisfied, I won't spend long rolling since I know the "house" now holds the advantage.

Originally posted by fuzzypoopy
How often do you guys use the store ans re roll till you get a good piece versus just buying the piece that you want?

Honestly I never roll for AEQ...I buy straight out

I roll for every piece, but usually don't even try until my players hit level 60.... more options each try you refresh. If I double up on a slot, I just sit on it until I fill my 3rd piece and then move it to a open spot. I think the only time I've bought AEQ Is for those crappy WR's .... just can't seem to have any luck with the store for them..... one of the many reasons I refuse to build WR's anymore!!!

Here ya go. Hope this helps out.

If you're going to BUILD your AEQ pieces, then you need to know that maximum costs for any piece which is as follows;
50 BT's to purchase +3 to the skill of your choice.
75 BT's to purchase the 5% bonus of you choice. (Note, SA additions cost less.)
300 BT's to completely upgrade the piece.
Total MAX cost for each built AEQ piece is 425 BT's.

If you're going to SHOP for your piece you can choose many ways to go but here is what I've been doing for years and years now and I continually get 90+% of all my dots all 4 AEQ pieces for much less than building them AND that also means I can train on multi-train longer before switching to light training. ALl of my current dots (except for the youngest that isn't able to shop for his pieces yet) have 4 AEQ pieces and were gotten using this method.

I start as soon as intelligently possible... which is level 31 (Monty covered that well above).

PLAN!!! I cannot emphasize this enough. PLAN it out. Know exactly WHAT pieces you MUST have... what pieces you WANT... and what pieces you will ACCEPT. Below is a list of pieces and their quality/value, in order, so you can see what I'm talking about.

#1. +3 to your primary skill & 5% bonus of choice. This is the perfect piece. It's the most expensive to build.
#2. 5% bonus of choice but NO skill bonus. Costs 50 BT's to add on the skill of your choice.
#3. +2 to your Primary skill & 5% bonus of choice. I use to think this was a #4 piece but the amount of time and BT's you save by settling for this piece is much more valuable than the following piece which I use to have here.
#4. +3 to your primary skill with NO bonus to any SA/ability. It costs a MAX of 75 BT's to add on the 5% bonus of your choice.
#5. +3 to your Primary skill & a +1 to the SA of your choice. A very good piece.
#6. +3 to any SECONDARY skill (not a blue star but a gold star skill) & a 5% bonus of your choice.
#7. +3 to any TRICIARY skill (a blue star skill important to your build design) & a 5% bonus of your choice.
#8. A +1 to any SA of your choice with NO bonus to any skill. Costs 50 BT's to add on the +3 skill bonus.
#9. +3 to any SECONDARY skill (not a blue star but a gold star skill) with NO bonus to any SA/ability. It costs a MAX of 75 BT's to add on the 5% bonus of your choice.

ANY other piece is simply a waste of time and BT's. IMO.
I also only shop for the 1st 3 pieces... then, depending on how lucky I was shopping, I might try to shop just a few times for the 4th, but not more than 2 or 3 refreshes. Why? Because it costs 15 BT's to 'Swap Out' a piece and there's only 4 different pieces you can get; Head, Hands, Feet, and Body. The first piece is the easiest to get because anything works. After you get your 1st piece, then you don't want a second one that goes in the same place... I'll take it if it's an awesome piece and spend the 15 BT's to swap it but that's 15 less BT's in your pocket... which is 1/2 of an upgrade. It's not something you want to do a lot of. So the more pieces you get, the tighter the pool becomes. Trying for the 4th piece generally is an exercise in frustration. Rather than spend a LOT of BT's and time shopping for it, it's much easier to just build it instead. Problem solved.

DO NOT let good pieces slip past in search for the perfect piece... it generally ends up costing you a LOT more BT's doing that and can be extremely frustrating. I swear the game knows whenever I have done just that... let a +3 only piece slip past hoping for something better and then spending 40 more BT's shopping just to get a replacement for the piece I let slip by.

Also Monty is right about your CEQ as well. Rather than trick it out every single time an upgrade is available, just do the 1st two upgrades (initial purchase gives you +6 to your skill, the second one lets you select the SA tree) only and wait on further upgrades until you have finished shopping for your AEQ. This way, if you DO end up selecting a piece that isn't quite 'perfect' but is really good, then you can use your CEQ to make up for the difference.

Lastly, I have a rule of only refreshing the shop 4 times per visit. Why? Because it costs 3 BT's every time you refresh. 3 times 4 is 12 BT's for a shopping trip. Every time you multi-train (if you're training 4 way) you get 12 BT's. This way I always refresh my BT's back up and it keeps me from doing stupid which happens to so many who shop for BT's. They refresh, don't get quite what they want, refresh, still don't get it, refresh again and again ans soon believe that surely the next refresh MUST bring them a good piece. They end up spending 100 BT's just shopping for ONE piece. Bad. Very bad. I have a cutoff when I shop at 48 BT's (that's 4 shopping trips at 4 refreshes per trip). After that, I give up and build the piece. It doesn't happen very often (to me, anyways), but when it does, I then build the dot as a 3 AEQ dot and build ALL the pieces rather than just continue to pound my head against the wall. This usually only happens when you're building a non-standard style dot (example would be a RQB you want to build as a power style runner).
In the end, be smart. PLAN it out. Keep track and know where you're going and what you want/need. Shopping works usually and usually works best. Building is easier to plan for but will cost you more BT's that way. Choice is yours.